Kate rolled the dice and got a five. After two games of candy land and a couple of connect four they decided to play monopoly because it could last all day. She landed on his railroad and had to pay him a couple hundred dollars.
"Damn, I suck at this." She said.
"Yeah, you do." He said jokingly and they laughed. Then he picked up the dice and rolled a two. He landed on Go and collected two hundred dollars.
"This isn't fair." She whined.
"Life's not fair. Oh, and by the way, your sunburn gave me an idea for Nikki Heat. I'm thinking I'll call it Burning Heat."
"Really, that's the best you could come up with? I thought you were a great writer and all you could think of is Burning Heat."
"Intense Heat?" He asked and she was glad he didn't comment about her thinking he was a great writer.
"Better." She said and grabbed the dice. She was about to roll when the doorbell rang. Lanie.
Castle got up and went to answer the door. Sure enough when he came back in to the kitchen Lanie was with him.
"Hey girl." She said. "How you feeling, because you don't look so good?" Lanie said.
"I think she looks hot." Castle said and Lanie laughed.
"I don't feel one hundred percent but I feel better than I did yesterday."
"I bet. Can I see your back?"
"I don't think you want to." She said. Lanie just wanted to make sure the doctor had made sure everything was okay.
"Just let me see." She said coming up behind Kate. She felt Lanie cringe from behind her. "That's just plain…" She was choosing her next words carefully.
"Weird." Castle offered.
"Yeah, it looks weird."
"Okay, so off the subject of my weird back, what all did you bring?" She asked Lanie.
"Lots of T-shirts and shorts. Also I have a couple messages for you." She said reaching into her pocket. "Ryan said to tell you to feel better and work will be fine without you. Esposito said that if Castle tries anything funny he'll be down in a flash to kill him." She had to smile at how protective Esposito was. "Montgomery also says feel better and it's about time you had a real vacation he's just sorry it's because you can't work."
"Okay then. Do you wanna help me unpack?"
"Of course." Lanie said and grabbed her bag and hauled it upstairs.
"I'll start making lunch then." Castle yelled after them.
"You have to tell me, what have you guys been doing?" Lanie asked.
"Not a lot, but I can tell you that a sweaty Castle is my kryptonite." Kate said.
"Why was he sweaty was there a little…" Kate cut her off.
"He went for a run…Shirtless." She said and Lanie raised an eyebrow at her.
"So, how does writer boy look under the clothes?" Lanie asked. Kate smiled, remembering how hot Castle looked yesterday. She was trying to figure out a way to describe it.
"Yummy." She said and Lanie smiled.
"So have you guys… been up to anything else?" Lanie asked.
"What! No, we watched a movie the night I arrived and then yesterday we spent the day on the beach."
"Mmm hmm, you can't tell me you haven't wanted more to happen though."
"Castle and I are friends. That's it."
"Then why is he like yummy kryptonite?" Lanie asked. She always did ask the tough questions.
"Lunch is ready." They heard Castle yell from the bottom of the stairs. Lanie put the last shirt away and they headed down.
"We will talk about this later." Lanie said before they reached the bottom step. "So what's for lunch?"
"Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato juice." Castle said pulling out Lanie's chair for her, then Kate's. "So, is everything all unpacked?" Castle asked.
"Yeah, we basically finished." Kate said taking a bite of her grilled cheese.
"So, what have you been up to?" Lanie asked.
"Not a whole lot until Beckett came. All I've been doing is writing and lying on the beach."
"And running I hear." Lanie said and Kate sent her death glares. Castle looked at her and then back at Lanie.
"Yeah, I'm trying to stay in shape. Don't want to get to lazy." Castle said and looked back at Kate. "I have to be able to keep up with her."
"Well that's good." Lanie said with a big grin on her face. "So how is Alexis doing?"
"She's doing great; she said she's learning lots so she's happy. How are things back New York?"
"Boring. Work just isn't the same without you making funny comments."
"Now that's what I like to hear." Castle said all happy. Then Lanie looked over by the closet with a confused expression.
"What happened over there?" She asked pointing at all the boxes.
"Castle can't say no to Girl Scouts so, when he buys basically every box they have, he puts them in that closet. Apparently he forgot they were in there and opened the closet to an avalanche of cookies." Kate said.
"Are those samoas?" Lanie asked pointing at a purple box.
"Probably, you can have them if you want them." He said and Lanie got up.
"I love samoas." She said picking up a box.
"Take as many as you would like. Actually, maybe you could take some back to the guys."
Kate thought about how Esposito and Ryan would be in heaven if they saw this many Girl Scout cookie boxes.
"Don't mind if I do." Lanie said grabbing a couple more boxes.
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